By Alisa Lemire Brooks, Orca Network [ Ссылка ]
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Members of J and L pods off Lime Kiln State Park the afternoon of July 23rd, 2017.
The L4s spent the morning further south, Js and more Ls came in from the west and met up withe them in the late morning. They all started north then turned around. This video is from when they came north again starting around 2:30pm. I could hear and see them coming towards us. Shortly after most all of Js and some Ls reached LK park with some going beyond the lighthouse. Lots of social and foraging behavior, very surface active (breaches, spyhops, tail lobs, pec slaps, rolling, inverted tail slaps, vocalizing, socializing) Stunning back and forth passes the entire stretch of the park. At one point (about 90 seconds in), off the south lookout a dozen plus whales lined up in formation side by side as if in some greeting ceremony, some logging and then a few started tail slapping. (maybe a fishing method?)
Later, one whale, while moving towards the rocks, cartwheeled off the rocks, moved in closer and cartwheeled a 2nd time just feet from those standing at waters edge then continued to swim underwater along the shoreline to the south. They all eventually turned and headed south as we absorbed and appreciated what we had just experienced.
(Present in Haro Strait, but not necessarily in this video, was all of J pod and L4s, L47s, L26s, L72s, L87)
The Endangered Southern Resident killer whales (J, K, & L Pods) are desperately in need of more Chinook salmon!
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